Here's how and when to register for upcoming elections

Eligibility

Lubbockites have until April 12 to register to vote in the May 12 city and education elections and until April 30 to vote in the May 29 primaries.

If you already are registered to vote, your card will be mailed to you in April.

This year, the city and education elections are separated by a mere 17 days from the primaries.

“I think the important thing is to really be educated this time more than ever because we have two major elections two weeks from each other,” said Dorothy Kennedy, Lubbock County Elections administrator. “So when they do go to the polls, they know what they’re going to see which time they go.”

Eligibility

The county’s election website states voters must be: a United States citizen, a citizen of the county, at least 18 years old, not be a convicted felon (unless the sentence is completed, including any probation or parole) and not declared mentally incapacitated by a court of law.

For those who want to go a different route when registering, Kennedy said people can pick up applications at the post office, public library, swing by the elections offices or fill one out when renewing their driver’s license. The application can then be mailed to the Office of Elections at 1308 Crickets Ave., P.O. Box 10536, Lubbock, TX 79408.

Early voting for the May 12 election is from April 30-May 8, Kennedy said. People can vote early at any of the United Supermarkets locations except for the one at 50th Street and Indiana Avenue, she said.

There will also be early polling places set up at city and school locations, she said, and there will be a mobile voting unit at the hospitals.

On the day of the election, there will be 33 polling places, she said. The list of the locations will be posted online. Additionally, people can vote at any of the locations, no matter which district they live in, she said.

To find a nearby polling place, people can text their location to 75044.

For the May 29 election, people must vote in their designated precinct, Kennedy said. On April 25, the office will send postcards telling voters where they are supposed to vote, she said.

The final list of precinct locations is still being hammered out, she said.

If people do not know which district or precinct they live in, volunteers at the polling places can look the information up for them, Kennedy said.

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May 12 and May 29 elections

■ Last date to register: April 12 for May 12 elections; April 30 for May 29 elections.